Machine for securing buttons



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B. G. YOUNG.

MACHINE FOR SECURING BUTTONS.

No 271,183. Patented Jan.2 3,1883.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. B. C. YOUNG.

MACHINE FOR SECURING BUTTONS.

No. 271,183; Patented J an.23, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT O FI E.

BARKER G. YOUNG, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.-

MACHINE FOR SECURING Burrows.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,183, dated January 23, 1883. Application filed N ovember 13, 1882. (No model.)

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARKER O. YOUNG, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain Improvements in Machines for Securing Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to appliances for use in securing buttons to boots and shoes by turning the point of a malleable tack inserted in the eye of the button to be attached, and through the material to which the button is to be secured, the tack being turned or bent around apart of the eye of the button by pressure exerted on its point.

Heretofore the operation ot'turnin gthepoints of the tacks has been performed by a tool op erating after the manner of nippers and held in the hands of the operator.

My invention has for its object to provide certain improvements whereby the desired pressure on the points of the tacks can be produced by foot-power, the heads being rigidly supported.

It also has for its object to make the pointturning anvil or dieinterchangeable with a perforated block for use in inserting thetacks into the material prior to the securing operation.

To'these ends the invention consists in the improvements which 1 will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this'specitication, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. Figs.2 and 3 represent bottom views of the block J and its attachments. Fig. at represents a section on line 0c 4r, Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and 6 represent respectively sections on lines 3/ y and z 2, Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 7 represents a top view of the tack-holding plate.-

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention I provide a horn or post, A, surrounded byan unobstructed space and attached toa suitable fixed standard, B. The upper end of said born or post constitutes the support for the tack and for the material to which the tack and button is to be attached, and is provided with a verticallymovable plate, 0, slotted at D to receive the shank of a tack, E, and held downwardly with a yielding pressure against the top of the horn by a spring, F, bearing upon a pin or stud, G,

which projects downwardly from the plate 0 into arecess in the post. The slotted plate holds a tack in a vertical position on the post, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the head of the tack being interposed between the plate and the top of the post, and its shank projecting through the slot D.

To the standard B is aftixed a frame, H, in which is a vertically-movable rod or plunger, P, normally Fig.1 by a spring,

I, and provided at its lower end with a block,

J, having a vertical recess or orifice, K, which coincides with the shank of the tack held by the plate 0, so that when the plunger P is depressed the orifice K will cover thepointand shank of the tack, as shown in Fig. 4, so that article laid upon the point of a tack will be forced down upon the tack by the block J, the tack being thus caused to perforate the material.

L represents 'a die or anvil composed of a plate pivoted at M to an arm on the block J, and adapted either to be turned, as shown in Fig. 2, to expose theorilice K, or, as shown in Figs.3 and 6, so as to cover said orifice. When the anvil L is in the last-named position the depression of the block Jby the plunger causes said anvil to bear upon the point of the tack and bend or roll said point over, the anvil being provided with a concavity, O, which coincides with the point of the tack and insures the turning of all the points in the same direction. The anvil L is secured in the position shown in Fig.3 by a pin, 1%, sliding in the block J and pressed downwardly by a spring, S, which is elongated to form a handle whereby the pin B may be raised to release the anvil L.

T represents a lever pivoted to the frameH and bearing on the plunger 1?. Said lever is connected by a rod, U, with a treadle to be operated by the foot of the operator.

Operation: A tack beingin place on thepost, the material is placed upon the point of the tack and the block J is depressed, the anvil L being displaced. The tack is thus caused to penetrate the material. The block J is then raised and theeye of the button is placed upon the projecting shank of the tack. .The anvil L is then moved to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 6 and the block J is again depressed, thus causing the anvil to turn the point of the raised to the position shown in a boot or shoe upper or other tack and secure the button. The material is then moved to pull the head of the tack out from the slot in the plate 0, and the operation is repeated with anothertack and button, and so on. The post A isof sufficient height, or, in other words, is surrounded by an unobstructed space of sufficient depth, to permit a boot or shoe upper or other fabric to be conveniently manipulated without being wrinkled or puckered while the buttons are being applied to it. The fabric is therefore not impaired by the operation of securing the buttons.

It is obvious that the support A, with its tack-holder, andthe block J, with its orifice and its movable anvil, may be adapted for use as a hand implement, to be operated like nippers,

'ithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

1 do not limitmyselfin a foot-power machine to any particular height of the post A, as any elevated support surrounded by an unobstructed space will. be no departure from the spirit of my invention. The block J and its anvil may be attached to an angular lever, It.

See Fi 8. Said lever is ivoted at S to a. g r

fixed support, and has a long arm extending downwardly, and adapted to be moved by the operators foot to force the block Jdownwardly, a suitable spring'being employed to force the lever back and raise the block J.

I claim- 1. The supporting elevation A,having means for holding a tack, combined with the recessed block J, adapted to press the material upon the tack, and the movable anvil L, adapted to turn the point of the tack, as set forth.

2. The fixed post or supportA, having a tack: holder, combined with the block J and its anvil L, supported by aplunger movable in a fixed frame, and devices, substantially as described, for pressing said plunger and its attachments against a tack on the support A, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the devices for pressing the fabric and turning the tack-point, of the support A, surrounded by an unobstructed space, as described, and provided with a tack-holding device.

In testimony whereofIhave signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this llth day of November, A. D. 1882.

BARKER 0. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

0. F. BROWN, A. L. WHITE. 

